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y 1935. A, o. DALLER 2,002,364

CONTAINER Filed March 16, 1934 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 IN VEN TOR ATTORNEYS May 21, 1935; A. o. DALLER CONTAINER Filed March l6, 1934 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR M Q 404% ATTORNEYS Patented May 21, 1935 i v UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CONTAINER Adrian 0. Dallcr, Dennisport, Mass, assignor to Daller Carton 00., Inc., New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application March 16, 1934, Serial No. 715,866

11 Claims. (Cl. 229-51) This invention relates to containers, and more Fig. 6 is a perspective view, similar to Fig. 4, of specifically to containers having tucking-in flaps. the device shown in Fig. and

In general it is an object of the invention to Figs. 7, 8, 9 and are perspective views of provideadevice of the character described, which a modification of the device shown in Fig. 1 5 is simple and economical of construction, which and are similar respectively to Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4. 5

can be expeditiously and conveniently manipulat- In the drawings, H), II, l2 and I3 denote, reed, and which can be readily manufactured and spectively, the successively-adjacent walls of the assembled. container, which may be termed the front, side,

Another object of the invention is to provide a back and side walls. The folding flaps l5 and l6 l0 container having a tucking-in flap extending from extend from the side walls I I and I3 and may be 10 a hinged cover, which flap did not extend from of sufficient length to at least meet. Cover H exsaid cover before said container was first closed tends from the back wall l2 across the opening or sealed. formed by the upper edges of the walls, and may Another object is toprovide the hinged cover extend as far as the upper edge of the front wall of a container with a gripping flap, which gripping l0. It may be integral with the wall l2 and its 1 flap was not associated with said cover before the material may be such that the cover section I 4 container was closed; to provide such a conmay be opened up and down as on a hinge along tainer with an irregular score line, whereby said the top of wall l2. The front edges of the foldscore line may be more easily broken; to utilize ing sections or flaps I5 and I6 may have score so a portion of a side wall bounded by an irregularlines or slits l8 and 19, having a component perity in said score line as a gripping flap for said pendicular to the axis of the hinge of the section cover once said container has been opened or I4. A section 20 extends from the front wall It] unsealed; and to utilize the space left by the reand overlies the hinged section l4, and is sepamoval of said portion to assist in gripping the rated from the front section I0 by a score line 2|, cover after the container has once been unsealed which is to be broken when the container is 25 and reclosed. opened. This score line may be dispensed with Other objects of the invention will in part be and indicia supplied indicating that the container obvious and will in part appear hereinafter. is to be broken along the top of the front section The invention accordingly comprises an article ID. A portion of the score line may extend down 0 of manufacture possessing thefeatures, properties into the section III so as to outline a tab 22' and the relation of.elements which will be exemtherein. plified in the article hereinafter described and After the container has been filled, the tabs IS the scope of the application of which will be inand I6 may be folded down, theirupper surfaces dicated. in the claims. glued and the hinged section I4 pressed against 5 For a fuller understanding of the nature and them, whereby the latter is secured to the former. 5 objects of the invention reference should be had Thereafter the section 20' is folded down upon to the following detailed description taken in conthe hinged cover ll. The portion 22 of the secnection with the accompanying drawings, in tion 20, which is adjacent the front wall I 0, is which: secured to the cover It as by an adhesive. The

4 Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a carton embodycontainer is then in the condition shown in Fig. 2. 40

ing one form of the invention and shown before To-open the container, the score line 2| is broken. the original closing, a portion being cut away; The section 20 and tab 22' are gripped together Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the device shown and raised. Those parts of the folding tabs IS in Fig; 1, but after the original closing; and I6 which are set off by the slits l8 and I9,

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the device shown tend to rise with the cover and as the cover is 5 in Fig. 1 taken after the carton has been first moved further about its hinge, the tabs I5 and broken open; l6 tear beyond the slits l8 and IS in a direction Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the device shown generally determined by the direction of the slits. in Fig. l with various flaps rearranged to act as Those parts of the tabs l8 and I9 between the 60 tucking-in flaps and a'gripping flap for temporslits and the side walls are retained by the side ary closure after the carton has been once broken walls and the adhesive between the tabs I5 and open; l6 and the cover section I4 tend to give, with the Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a modification result that the central portions of the tabs are of the device shown in Fig. 1, a portion being torn away and remain with the raised cover, while cut away; the /end portions of the tabs stay and act as short 55 folding tabs thereafter. It is desirable in certain instances to have the grain of the material of the tabs run in a direction somewhat parallel to the slits l8 and I9 to assist in the tearing of. the tabs.

After the intersecured sections l4 and 20 are raised, the portion 23 of section 20 is folded back on the section 22. If desired, the line of fold may be indicated by a score line 25, the section 23 being adjacent the section 22. The section 20 may also comprise a portion 24 lying beyond the portion 23 and set off therefrom, if desired, by a score line 26. The portion 24 is'next folded down parallel to the front wall l0 and the tab 22' may be bent up and inserted through a slit 2! appropriately placed in the section 20. This tab 22' thereafter serves to retain the section 20 in the position described, that is, folded back upon itself. The tab 22' may also be used to assist in opening and shutting the container thereafter.

After the carton has once been opened and the section 20 folded back upon itself, the cover may be moved back to closed position and the portion 24 will act as a tucking-in flap and will tend to be held in place against the inner surface of the front wall It), by the front edges of the folding flaps l5 and I6.

It will be observed that a carton is provided, the various sections of which are in general quite like the usual, simple carton. The carton may be formed and sealed with the ordinary cartonmaking apparatus. By the peculiar arrangement of the parts, the applicant is enabled-to have a tucking-in flap and a gripping tab. Beneath the portions 23 and 24 of section 20 printed matter may be inserted on section M. This matter may be material which the user does not desire to have available until after the container is ready for opening.

Section 20 which overlies the hinged cover, may be divided into four portions, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6. The fourth portion 28, which lies nearest the hinge of section l4, may be secured to the latter section as by an adhesive and may be separated from the portion 24 adjacent thereto by a score line 29. When it is desired to open the container, the score line 29 is broken at the same time as score line 2|, and the portion 28 is left secured to section l4, while the adjacent portion 24 is folded forward, as explained in connection with the device shown in Fig. 1.

The hinged section l4 and overlying section 20 may comprise a portion of a wall of the container. As shown in Figs. 7-10, this is a corner portion. Section l4 may be set oif from the rest of that wall by a score line 3|, except along its hinge 32. The section 20 may also be set off by a score line 30 from the remainder of the section of which it forms a part. A device so arranged permits the contents of the container, after the little cover has been raised, to be poured out of one corner as out of a spout. This action is facilitated by having the flap l5 cut back diagonally from the corner, although this cut back may be accomplished by a tearing action similar to that described in connection with the device shown in Fig. 1.

Since certain changes may be made in the above article and difierent embodiments of the invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

It is also to be understood that the following claims are intended to cover all of the generic and specific features of the invention herein described, and all statements of the scope of the invention which, as a matter of language, might be said to fall therebetween.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a device of the character described, the

combination comprising a hinged cover section and a second section integrally extending from and severable from a third section and secured in part to said cover section and having a free portion lying parallel with and adjacent said cover and adapted to be bent back on itself to serve as a tucking-in flap against said third section.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination comprising a hinged cover section and a second section integrally extending from and severable from a third section and secured to said cover section in a plurality of separated portions and having a free portion lying between said separated portions adapted to serve as a tuckingin flap for said cover section.

3. In a device of the character described, the combination comprising a hinged cover section and a second section integrally extending from and severable from a third section and secured to said cover section in a plurality of separated portions and having a free portion adapted to serve as a tucking-in flap for said cover section, said free portions lying between said separated portions and being set ofi by a score line from at least one of said separated portions.

4. In a device of the character described, the combination comprising a hinged cover section, a second section integrally extending from and severable from a third section and secured in part to said cover section and having a free portion lying adjacent to and in a plane substantially parallel with said cover section and adapted to serve as a tucking-in flap for said cover section, by being bent back over a portion of said second section secured to said hinged section, and a score line separating said second and third sections.

5. In a device of the character described, the combination comprising a hinged cover section, a second section integrally extending from and severable from a third section and secured to said cover section and having a free portion lying adjacent to and in a plane substantially parallel with said cover section adapted to serve as a tucking-in flap for said cover section, a score line setting off said second section and a portion of said third section from the remainder of said third section, and a slit in said free portion adapted to receive therethrough said portion when said second section is used as a tucking-in flap whereby thereafter said portion may be used as a gripping flap.

6. In a device of the character described, the combination comprising a hinged cover section and a second section integrally extending from and severable from a third section and adhesively secured to and overlying said cover section and having a free portion also overlying said cover section and adapted to serve as a tucking-in fiap for said cover section, said hinged section and said third section forming a part of one wall of said device, said hinged section being set off from the remainder of said wall except along the hinge by a score line, and said second section being set off from any portion of said wall with which it is integral, by a score line.

7. In a device of the character described, the combination comprising a hinged cover section set ofi from any portion of said wall with which it is integral by a score line.

8. In a device of the character described, the

combination comprising a plurality of closing flaps adapted to occupy substantially all of an opening in said device, a hinged cover section secured to said plurality, lines of weakness in said flaps having a component perpendicular to the axis of the hinge whereby when said cover section is hingedly moved a portion of each of said flaps tends to move with and remain secured to said hinged section while another portion of said flaps tends to be separated from said hinged section, a second section, and a third section secured at least in part to said hinged section and integral with and set off by a score line from said second section, a portion at least of the unsecured part of said third section lying substantially parallel with said hinged section and being adapted to serve as a tucking-in flap.

9. In a device of the character described, the combination comprising a plurality of closing flaps adapted to occupy substantially all of an opening in said device, -a hinged coversection secured to said plurality, lines of weakness in said flaps having a component perpendicular to the axis of the hinge whereby when said cover section is hingedly moved a portion of each of said flaps tends to move with and remain secured to said hinged section while another portion of said flaps tends to be separated from said hinged section, a second section, and a third section secured at least in part to said hinged section and integral with and set off by a score line from said second section, said score line setting off a part of said second section with said third section whereby, when said score line is severed, said part may be grasped with said hinged section to assist in moving said hinged section.

10. In a device of the character described, the combination comprising a hinged cover section and a second section integrally extending from and severable from a third section and overlying and secured in part to said cover section, the unsecured portion of said second section comprising a potential tucking-in flap and being adapted, when said second section is severed from said third section, to be folded back upon a portion of said second section, whereby said tucking-in flap may engage said third section.

11. In a device of the character described, a wall comprising a section hingedly secured to a second wall and a second section overlying and partially secured to said hinged section and integral with and severable from a third wall, the unsecured portion of said second section being adapted, when folded back on a secured portion ADRIAN o. DALLER.

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